Vehicle-tire shoe.



T. F. BALDWIN. VEHICLE TIRE SHOE.4 A APPLIGATION FILED TEBLZB. 1910.

986,67CL` Patented Mar.14,1911.

ATTORNEY UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIoE.

THOMAS F. BALDWIN, .OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

VEHICLE-TIRE SHOE.

Specification of Letters Patient.

Patented4 Mar. 14, 1911.-

Application led February 26, 1910. Serial No.A 546,138.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known t-hat I, THoMAs F. BALDWIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented new and useful Improvements in Vehicle- Tire Shoes,v

of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to shoes for vehicle tires and consists of aflexible shield adapted to be fitted about the wearing surface of a tireand be connected to a band of metal to which the sectionsy may either beriveted,

Vbolted or held in place by transverse or diagonal bolts which act asbearing surfaces to create a'certain amount of friction and prevent thewheel from slipping or skidding. These and other objects and details ofthe invention are more fully set forth in the accompanyingspecification, set forth in I the claims and illustrated in thedrawings,A

wherein:

Figure 1 is a cross section of'a tire showing the shoe in place. Fig. 2is a side elevation of a. portion of the shoe. Fig. 3 is al modifiedform of the shoe and the manner of securing it to the wheel.

This shoe is made up of aseries of plates,

of a shape such as will permiteach section 5 to fit substantially onequarter of the circumference of the tire 6 and overlapping each other asshown in Fig. 2, each section having a slot 7 .for the reception of thepin 8 from the rear end of the section beneath so that the said sectionswill be linked to.b

gether around the ent-ire sides of the tire. The outer edge 9 of eachsection is secured to a circular strap 10 whichis made' of oneor morepieces and is adapted to pass around the circumference of the tire andact asa tread for the said tire. As shown in Fig. 1, the sections aresecured to the band 10 by means of bolts 11 having nuts 12 on theirinner ends and adjacent-to the outer surface of the tire. Each sectionis provided with one bolt 11 and is secured toits ladjacent sections 'insuch a way that its movement is practically free to allow for t-heaction of the tire as it is compressed by the weight of the vehicle.Each section isvidentical and they are readily removed or replacedwithout interfering with the other sections.

In the. latter -gure a covering 13 of leather or other material isinter-posed between the tire and the sections in order to prevent anyinjurious Vaction on the tire. bythe sections or the band.

-It is obvious that other modification may be resorted to in theconstruction of this tire and the' arrangement and the attachments ofthe sectionswitho11t departing from the essential features abovedescribed.

'deslre to secure What luclaim as new and byLetters Patent is:

1. In a vehicle tire shoe, the combination with a series of metallicsections .each covering substantially a quarter of the outer cir-fcumference of the tire and having slots, of a resiiient band fitting onthe outer face of the metallic sections-to forln the tread for theWheel, and pins passing from one section through the slots of-'theadjacent sec'- tions, and bolts securing vthe sections 'of the band.

2. ln-a shoe for tires, the combination o f metallic sectionslenveloping the tread por-4l tion of a lpneumatic tire, a metal bandconstituting the tread of the tire, said metallic 'sections being formedso as. to provide flat seats for said band, and removable means 4forconnecting the seats and band;

In testimony whereof I affix my signature. in presence of two witnesses.THOMAS F. BALDWIN.

Witnesses JAMES F. DUHAMEL,

GEo.- A. SENIOR.

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